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From the American Enterprise Institute, where private industry goes to have its head stroked and be told it's a good boy, comes the latest installment of a series one could call, "Public sector bad, private enterprise good."
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An agreement on paying for the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Clemente needs to be more favorable to consumers, state regulators said Friday.
As a result, electric utility officials and consumer advocates were told to make major...

As more than 10,000 customers dealt with power outages in the Southland, utility companies reported record-breaking electrical usage.
The DWP said Monday's energy demand record was shattered Tuesday, with electrical usage peaking at nearly 6,400...

A six-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu remained closed Saturday after a utility pole snapped and dangled over the road, bring traffic to a standstill and backing up traffic on the heavily traveled road for miles in both direction.
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One lane has reopened in both directions on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu after a downed power pole caused the highway to shut down for almost six hours, snarling traffic for miles, authorities said Saturday.
A utility pole snapped and dangled over the...

Erratic Santa Ana winds whipped through an already hot, dry Southern California on Wednesday, spreading flame with the gusts.
More than 1,600 homes were evacuated and several schools closed shortly after the Etiwanda fire broke out about 8 a.m. above...

Southern California Edison Co. plans to lay off hundreds of employees as part of a management streamlining and outsourcing of some functions such as information technology.
The number of workers affected by the cuts will be "in the high...

Problems at some of the state's fuel refineries have sent gasoline prices soaring in California just in time for the kickoff of the busy driving season.
A gallon of regular gasoline hit a statewide average of $4.196 on Thursday, up about 13 cents in a...

Inside a building at the old San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, where storage casks were once manufactured to hold spent nuclear fuel, Dave Althaus looked adoringly at a large piece of equipment once used to cut metal.
"That's a beautiful...

SACRAMENTO — Electricity customers in Southern California would receive $1.4 billion in refunds on their bills over the next eight years as part of an agreement between two utilities and ratepayer organizations over the closing of the San Onofre nuclear...

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck near La Habra shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, the latest in a series of aftershocks to hit the area after a 5.1 temblor the night before displaced a number of residents.
After the 5.1 quake, at least eight homes and 20...

Jenny Gonzalez checked for signs of epipodium, tentacles resembling swaying wet noodles, on the green abalones in her South Gate classroom the other day.
"That's what I was looking for," Jenny, 13, said of a small, light-colored abalone....

SACRAMENTO — Cities, counties and law enforcement officials across California are bristling at a 6-year-old law that they contend prevents regulation of massage parlors they suspect offer more than therapeutic bodywork.
A profusion of massage parlors,...

SACRAMENTO -- A state senator wants nonprofit groups that treat lawmakers to trips to disclose the companies and other interests whose donations cover the expenses.
Every year, several legislators travel to Hawaii and other exotic locales for conferences...

SACRAMENTO -- Ratepayers of Southern California Edison Co. and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. could be in line for more than $1 billion in refunds as part of a possible financial settlement from the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Both...

SACRAMENTO — Ratepayers of Southern California Edison Co. and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. could be in line for a share of more than $1 billion in refunds as part of a possible financial settlement from the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power...

U.S. commercial nuclear power plants had 10 serious incidents in 2013 that could have resulted in damage to nuclear reactors, but the industry's overall safety record improved, the Union of Concerned Scientists said Friday.
The Washington-based...

Three years ago--2:49 p.m. March 11, 2011, Tokyo time, or late on the night of March 10 in continental U.S. time zones--what may be history's worst, most enduring nuclear power plant disaster began in Japan. It's a baleful anniversary that bears object...

A sport utility vehicle sheared a fire hydrant and hit a power pole in La Mirada on Friday, sending a geyser of electrified water into the air that shocked a cyclist, authorities said.
The crash was reported about 7 a.m. in the 14800 block of Artesia...

The concept of a corporation "too big to fail" is typically applied to big banks, usually as an explanation of why they haven't been brought to book for their role in the 2008 crash and why their top executives still roam free through...